Suffering the post Tour blues (and a horrific hangover from yesterday's wedding) I thought I needed to set myself a little theme for the week in order to regain my focus in life. So, with much fanfare, I herald Metropeleton's first Mini Week well and truly open. Each day this week we will take a look at the smaller, but no less important things in cycling. First up is this mini version of Le Tour that I stumbled across back in March when we were killing time in the rain (Paris is quite a depressing city in the wet) before getting the train home. It was the 'star' feature in the offices of the Limoges tourist board who had an exhibition dedicated to their most famous sporting son, the perennial bridesmaid, Raymond Poulidor. It was a treasure trove of all things Poulidorian but, and apologies to the purists, it was the attention to detail of this model rather than the various jerseys and momentos that most attracted my eye, right down to the (slightly sick) crash at the back of the peleton as it crossed the line. Anyway, very nicely done and I like to tell myself that it was the work of an enthusiastic 12 year old rather than a 50 something geek (which no doubt it was). Chapeau, les petits!
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